Islamic States Online Activity and Responses
Islamic States Online Activity and Responses provides a unique examination of Islamic States (IS) online activity at the peak of its golden age between 2014 and 2017, and evaluates some of the principal responses to this phenomenon.
Featuring contributions from experts across a range of disciplines, the volume examines a variety of aspects of ISs online activity, including their strategic objectives, the content and nature of their magazines and videos, and their online targeting of females and depiction of children. It also details and analyses responses to ISs online activity from content moderation and account suspensions to informal counter-messaging and disrupting terrorist financing and explores the possible impact of technological developments, such as decentralised and peer- to-peer networks, going forward. Platforms discussed include dedicated jihadi forums, major social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, and newer services, including Twister.
Islamic States Online Activity and Responses is essential reading for researchers, students, policymakers, and all those interested in the contemporary challenges posed by online terrorist propaganda and radicalisation.
The chapters were originally published as a special issue of Studies in Conflict & Terrorism.
Maura Conway is Professor of International Security in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University, Ireland, and the Coordinator of VOX-Pol.
Stuart Macdonald is Professor of Law at Swansea University, UK.
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Contents
Maura Conway and Stuart Macdonald
1 Mujahideen Mobilization: Examining the Evolution of the Global Jihadist
Movements Communicative Action Repertoire
Maxime Brub and Benoit Dupont
Gunnar J. Weimann
3 A Dialectical Approach to Online Propaganda: Australias United Patriots
Front, Right-Wing Politics, and Islamic State
Imogen Richards
4 Grading the Quality of ISIS Videos: A Metric for Assessing the Technical
Sophistication of Digital Video Propaganda
Mark D. Robinson and Cori E. Dauber
5 Womens Radicalization to Religious Terrorism: An Examination of
ISIS Cases in the United States
Lauren R. Shapiro and Marie-Helen Maras
6 The Lions of Tomorrow: A News Value Analysis of Child
Images in Jihadi Magazines
Amy-Louise Watkin and Sen Looney
Maura Conway, Moign Khawaja, Suraj Lakhani, Jeremy Reffin, Andrew Robertson, and David Weir
8 Informal Countermessaging: The Potential and Perils of Informal Online
Countermessaging
Benjamin J. Lee
Tom Keatinge and Florence Keen
Gareth Mott
Guide